Mailing novelty



Jan. 23, 1934. s. L. UNGER 1,944,853

MAILING NOVELTY Filed Feb. 28, 1933 1771 nyz 27 2/ 2/ 21 M569; Cr 54 719 7 e. l! QQ.., A22 25/ c: Y I 4% ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 23, 19341,944,853 MAILING NOVELTY Samuel L. Unger, New York, N. Y. ApplicationFebruary 28, 1933. Serial No. 658,911

roiaims. (or. 229-921) This inventionrelatesto mailing novelties.

One object of this invention isto provide an improved device of thischaracter having a detachable portion with a plurality of addressesthereon one of which constitutes the mailing address of the device andalso the return address for the detached portion, .whereby the personre-' ceiving' the device is not required to place his name and addresson said portion.

I have found that, in advertising or soliciting by mail, the person towhom a letter or circular is mailed frequently discards the same, and Ihave perceived that this can often be prevented if a return envelope orinquiry card were incorporated into the device with the name and addressnot only of the original sender but also of the person whose letter orinquiry is solicited. In this manner, such person is saved the troubleof placing his name and address on such letter or card, and need merelymail the same, whereby returns from such solicitation or advertising aregreatly increased. I have further noted that the letter or circularreferred to must be cheap and inexpensive to construct and assemble formailing, and that preferably a duplication of addresses is to be avoidedso that the cost of thus communicating on a large scale with differentpeople can be kept down to a minimum.

Accordingly, I have devised various improvements in mailing devices ashereinafter described for overcoming the above mentioned drawbacks.Among these improvements, may be mentioned that the mailing device maybe constructed of a single piece of paper suitably arranged and foldedfor use in, a convenient and expeditious manner.

Generally described, the invention may include an elongated strip of anysuitable material such as paper having one or more fold or perforatedlines dividing said strip into a plurality of sections. Of differentsections, such as end sections of the strip, one may be a detachablemailing card or envelope, and the. other may have an opening or othermeans for association with the mail- 6 ing portion as may be desired.Thus the latter section may have a cutaway or an opening, which may bein the nature of a window or a slit. One face of the detachable mailingportion may have on one part or face the address of the sender of thedevice, and on another part or face the address of the person to whomthe device is sent. In the folded position of the device, the address ofthe person to whom the device is sent is suitably visible and may beexposed, for example,

55 by said window. The exposed face of the part having the window mayhave a stamp or other mark relative to the mailing of the device. Whenthe device is received, the detachable mailing portion is removed fromthe strip and need merely be mailed, without requiring the writing ofany 0 addresses thereon. It will be noted that the face of said portionhaving the address of the original sender now becomes the front mailingface, and may-have a stamp or other post oifice mark associatedtherewith. Where a slit instead of a win- 55 dow is used, the detachablemailing portion may be interlocked with the slot, and exposed at oneside of the slit to show the desired address. If the'detachable mailingportion be an envelope, the same may be connected to the other sectionsof the strip in any suitable manner, as at the flap of the envelope, andif desired, an intermediate perforated narrow band portion maydetachably extend alongthe fiap so that the flap and band may constitutea section of uniform length with 15 the other sections. It will be notedthat the detachable mailing portion may be of smaller size or .widthtransversely of the strip to facilitate detachment thereof, and topermit the remaining sections to be made as large as may be necessary sofor holding all the required advertising or solicitation material. Incertain cases, one of the sections may have a perforated part to afforda detachable statement portion which can be removed, filled out, andenclosed in the envelope 5 to be returned-to the original sender.

Other-objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asthe specification proceeds.

Withthe aforesaid objects in view the invention consists in the novelcombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in theirpreferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, andillustrated on the annexing drawing, wherein like parts are designatedby the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view. of a blank embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof in partially folded position.

Fig. 3is a plan view of the device in completely folded position. v

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the detached mailing card. 1

Fig. 5 is .a plan view of a blank showing a modification of theinvention.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same in folded position for mailing.

Fig. '7 is a plan view of a modification of the invention showing thesame in open unfolded position.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same in folded position for mailing.

Fig. 9 is an edge view showing the same in course of being folded.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized whenall of its features and instrumentalities are combining in one and thesame structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less thanthe whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains, that the same may be incorporated in several differentconstructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merelyas showing the preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing 10 denotes a mailing novelty ordevice embodying the invention and which may be formed from a blank 11.The latter consists of an elongated strip of pliable material such aspaper, and having a plurality'of spaced transverse fold lines 12, 13,and 14, dividing the blank into sections 15, 16, 1'7, and 18. Said foldlines may also consist of perfora tions. The end section 15 may beprovided with any suitable cut out or window opening 19 disposed in anydesired position thereon and preferably in relative proximity to anadjacent end edge 20 of the blank. The section 18 may be formed in partby undercutting as at 21 so that the width of said section transverselyof the blank is reduced relative to the width of the other sections. Atone face of the section 18 may be provided ruled lines or other indicia22 for receiving the address 23 of a person to whom the device ismailed. Another portion or the opposite face of the section 18 may beprovided with ruled lines or other indicia 24 for receiving the name andaddress 25 of the person or concern to whom the section 18 is to bemailed after being detached from the blank along the line 14 so as toconstitute a mailing card 26. Associated with the indicia 24 there maybe provided a stamp or a mailing permit indicia 2'7. On the same side ofthe blank as that upon which the indicia 24 are provided, the section 15may carry indicia 27a similar to that shown at 2'7 and also a returnaddress 25a similar to that shown at 25. The in-' termediate sections16' and 17 may carry any desired letter or advertising matter.

To complete the mailing device, the various addresses may be placedthereon, it being understood that the addresses at 25 and 25a may beplaced on the device by printing, while the address 23 may be written ortypewritten. The sections -16 and 17 may then be folded against eachother about the line 13 as shown in Fig. 2, and then the section 18 maybe folded downward on the line 14 so as to lie against the section 17.Finally the section 15 is folded downward about the line 12 so as tooverlie the section 18. When so folded the address 23 is exposed by thewindow 19 and the device is ready for mailing. It will be understoodthat the spacing of the lines 12, 13 and 14 together with the sizes ofthe various sections are such that a simple and compact folded device isproduced which is neat in appearance and entirely flat and uniform sothat it can be readily handled. If desired, the device may be maintainedclosed by any suitable fastening means such as adhesive, or the like,which being conventional, is not shown herein.

In practice, the person who reads the device reads the letter oradvertising carried thereby, and if interested, detaches the section 18so as to produce a regular mailing card 26 and then directly depositsthe same in the mailing box of the post office. The card 26 will then beforwarded to the addressee 25, the address 23 now constituting a returnaddress so that the addressee may know from whom the inquiry has come.In this way it is unnecessary for the person whose inquiry or businessis solicited to write his name and address on the mailing. card, wherebya response is assured in much greater volume than could otherwise beobtained.

At 30 is shown a device embodying a modification of the invention andwhich may consist of a blank 31 which may be in the nature of anelongated strip having a plurality of fold lines 32, 33 extendingtransversely of the strip to provide sections 34, 35, and 36 of requiredsize. It will be noted that this blank is of generally similar shape tothat shown at 11, except that there is one such section, and,furthermore. the opening 19 is replaced by a slit 3'1 disposedparallelly to and in relative proximity to an end edge 38 of the blank.In this device the section 36 which is of lesser transverse width thanthe other portions of the blank, constitutes a tongue which is adaptedto be inserted into the slit 3'? when the various sections are foldedabout the lines 32 and 33 to produce the device 30 which forms thecomplete mailing unit. As compared with the addresses on the section 18,those on section 36 are reversely arranged and the address 39 of thesender being disposed on one face of said section, and the address 40 ofthe person to whom the device is mailed being positioned on a.

reverse face thereof, together with suitable indicia 41 for receivingthe address 40. The address 40 is disposed at that portion of thesection 36 which is in relative proximity to the fold line 33 so thatwhen the section is inserted through the slit 37, the address 40 isvisible below the slit. The upper part of the section above the address40 may carry any desired message, the same being covered by the section34. The latter may have a post mark 42 and the return address of thesender at 43 disposed above the slit and so as to coact with the address40 to provide the complete mailing face for the device.

In practice, the person receiving the mailing novelty 30 removes thetongue section 36 from the slit 37 and if interested in the message oradvertising carried by the device as upon sections 34 and 35 thereof,detaches the section 36 along the line 33 which then constitutes acomplete mailing card similar to that shown at 26, the address 40 thenbecoming the return address, while the address 39 assures that themailing card will be returned to the sender of the device 30, and hewill then know according to the address 40, from whom the inquiry hasbeen received.

In Figs. 7 to 9 is shown a modification of the invention including amailing novelty 45 which may be made of a blank or strip 46. The lattermay be divided by a plurality of spaced transverse fold lines 47, 48 and49 into sections 50, 51, 52 and 53. Of these the section 50 may have awindow opening 54 similar to that shown at 19. The section 53 may be inthe nature of an envelope 55 having an opening 56, and a flap 57, theend whereof is integrally centrally connected to an adjacent end of thesection 52 as by means of a narrow strip or band 58 defined by atransverse fold line 59 parallelly spaced with respect to the fold line49. It will be noted that the flap 57 and strip 58 are spaced inwardfrom the side edges of the blank 46. The section 52 may be furthercharacterized in having a detachable portion 60 formed by lines ofperforations 61 and 62, said portion 60 being especially adapted tocarry a statement that is to be filled out by the person receiving thedevice 45, and carrying suitable indicia such as 63 for that purpose.The front face of the envelope may carry the address 64 of the senderand the return address 65 of the person to whom the device 45 is sentand which address 65 also constitutes the return address for theenvelope 55. The outer face of the section 50 of the completely foldeddevice may carry the return address of the sender at 66 of the device 45and any suitable post mark 67.

For folding the device for mailing, a fold may be first produced alongthe line 48, bringing sections 51 and 52 together, then the flap 57together with strip 58 may be folded to lie, flatwise against the bodyof the envelope and a downward fold may be made along the line 49 sothat the envelope is brought against the section 52. Finally the sectionis folded downward along line 4'7 so as to overlie the flap 57 wherebythe address is visible through the window 54.

In practise, the person receiving the device 45 may read whatevermessage or advertisement is carried by the sections 50, 51, and 52, andthen detach the envelope along the line 59, and finally detach thestatement 60 along the lines 61, 62 and 49. The statement may then befilled out and placed in the envelope which is sealed and remailed tothe sender according to the address 64. It will be noted that forcertain purposes the section 50 may be wholly eliminated, and the deviceincluding sections 51, 52, and 53 inserted into a secondary envelope andthen mailed, the secondary envelope into which the device is thusinserted carrying a separate address corresponding to that shown at 65.Thereafter the device may be removed from said secondary envelope, thestatement 60 detached and filled out, the envelope 55 removed, and thestatement inserted into the envelope 55 to be mailed to the sender, thesecondary envelope being discarded.

It will be understood that any fold lines herein shown may also beperforated if desired.

It will be appreciated that various changes and modifications may bemade in the device as shown in the drawing, and that the same issubmitted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense, the scope ofthe invention being defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A mailing device including an elongated strip having an envelopeattached thereto, said strip having a plurality of spaced fold. lines toafford sections so that the strip can be folded up to enclose theenvelope, one end section having an opening, the envelope having anaddress on the flap thereof arranged to be visible through said opening,and the envelope having on its front face the name and address of thesender, said envelope being detachable from said strip.

2. A mailing device including an elongated strip having a plurality oftransverse spaced fold lines dividing the strip into a plurality ofsections, one end section having an opening and the opposite end sectionbeing in envelope form and detachable, carrying addresses of the senderand person to whom the device is mailed, the address of the latter beinglocated as a return address for the envelope, another of said sectionshaving a perforated portion constituting a statement to be detached andenclosed in said envelope, and said strip being folded up so that thelatter address is visible at said opening with the end sections being inside by side contact relation, so that said latter address constitutesthe mailing address of said device. v

3. A mailing device including an envelope having addresses on the frontface and flap thereof, and a foldable strip detachably connected to saidflap and having an opening to form a window opposite the address on saidflap when the envelope and strip are in folded position.

4. A mailing device comprising an elongated strip divided by transversefold lines into sections, one end section having a window opening, thenext section providing space for advertising indicia, the next sectionproviding a card identified to bear a return message, the next sectionproviding an envelope flap bearing the address of the addressee of thedevice, said address arranged to be visible through said window openingwhen the device is folded, said sections being of substantially equalwidth, and the other end section constituting an envelope bearing theaddress of the sender of the device.

SAMUEL L. UNGER.

